Ubisoft Curbs Michael Jackson Game Piracy Via Vuvuzela

Don’t steal from Michael Jackson. I mean, I shouldn’t have to tell you that, right? In case you are silly enough to try it, however, be warned: the results won’t be pretty. Take Ubisoft’s new game, Michael Jackson: The Experience for the Nintendo DS. Try to pirate the thing and you get a layer of vuvuzela blowing over the Kind of Pop’s tunes.

The sound kicks in whenever you attempt to pause the game. Ubisoft fessed up to the anti-piracy tactic, telling the press, “the development team worked this feature in as a creative way to discourage any tampering with the retail version of the game.”

There has apparently been something of an outbreak of Nintendo DS piracy. Pirating games for the handheld system simply requires downloading a game and loading it onto one of the device’s storage card. Nintendo is reportedly working on a more heavy-duty anti-copying measures for the Nintendo 3DS.